[Python-Dev] memory leaks in 2.2 (original) (raw)

Ka-Ping Yee ping@lfw.org
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 01:57:41 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Neal Norwitz wrote:

Here is a list of all the outstanding memory leaks from the regression tests. All of these leaks have a bug report on SF.

testdescr: 117 bytes (0.0407%)

Okay, i have tested this case and narrowed it down to:

while 1:
    class C:
        __metaclass__ = type

Try it on a Python interpreter near you. With mine, it grows without bound.

As far as i can tell, of all the calls in test_descr.test_main, only metaclass() leaks memory.

-- ?!ng